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23 Nov 2010, 07:58
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Perseus held his shield in a stationery position to see Medusa’s reflection and sneaked up behind her while she was still sleeping.
(A) stationery position to see Medusa’s reflection and sneaked up behind
(B) stationery position to see Medusa’s reflection and snuck up behind
(C) stationary position to see Medusa’s reflection and sneaked up behind
(D) stationary position to see Medusa’s reflection and snuck up behind
(E) stationary position and saw Medusa’s reflection to sneak up behind
(A) stationery position to see Medusa’s reflection and sneaked up behind
(B) stationery position to see Medusa’s reflection and snuck up behind
(C) stationary position to see Medusa’s reflection and sneaked up behind
(D) stationary position to see Medusa’s reflection and snuck up behind
(E) stationary position and saw Medusa’s reflection to sneak up behind
23 Nov 2010, 08:01
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23 Nov 2010, 08:30
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I wonder whether spelling mistakes are in the hotlist of GMAT. But considering that we need an adjective to quality the noun “position”, lets us go for the time being with the latter three. Let us also drop E for altering the intent.
Between D and E, except for the two forms of the past tense of the verb sneak, I am at a loss to pin-pont any significant difference. In this context, let me quote the usage note from thefreedictionary.com regarding the use of snuk an sneaked,
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/sneaked
Usage Note: Snuck is an Americanism first introduced in the 19th century as a nonstandard regional variant of sneaked. Widespread use of snuck has become more common with every generation. It is now used by educated speakers in all regions. Formal written English is more conservative than other varieties, of course, and here snuck still meets with much resistance. Many writers and editors have a lingering unease about the form, particularly if they recall its nonstandard origins. And 67 percent of the Usage Panel disapproved of snuck in our 1988 survey. Nevertheless, an examination of recent sources shows that snuck is sneaking up on sneaked. Snuck was almost 20 percent more common in newspaper articles published in 1995 than it was in 1985. Snuck also appears in the work of many respected columnists and authors: "He ran up huge hotel bills and then snuck out without paying"(George Stade). "He had snuck away from camp with a cabinmate" (Anne Tyler). "I ducked down behind the paperbacks and snuck out" (Garrison Keillor).
Can somebody clarify further?
Between D and E, except for the two forms of the past tense of the verb sneak, I am at a loss to pin-pont any significant difference. In this context, let me quote the usage note from thefreedictionary.com regarding the use of snuk an sneaked,
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/sneaked
Usage Note: Snuck is an Americanism first introduced in the 19th century as a nonstandard regional variant of sneaked. Widespread use of snuck has become more common with every generation. It is now used by educated speakers in all regions. Formal written English is more conservative than other varieties, of course, and here snuck still meets with much resistance. Many writers and editors have a lingering unease about the form, particularly if they recall its nonstandard origins. And 67 percent of the Usage Panel disapproved of snuck in our 1988 survey. Nevertheless, an examination of recent sources shows that snuck is sneaking up on sneaked. Snuck was almost 20 percent more common in newspaper articles published in 1995 than it was in 1985. Snuck also appears in the work of many respected columnists and authors: "He ran up huge hotel bills and then snuck out without paying"(George Stade). "He had snuck away from camp with a cabinmate" (Anne Tyler). "I ducked down behind the paperbacks and snuck out" (Garrison Keillor).
Can somebody clarify further?
